Table 4.
Median and 25 %/75 % quantiles of the measured biomarkers
Habitual diet | Gluten-free diet | Wilcoxon test p value | |
---|---|---|---|
A) Plasma | |||
Citrullin (mol/L) | 45.60 (38.15–51.50) | 48.00 (36.35–56.85) | 0.9328 |
IL 1 Beta (g/L) | 1.60 (0.68–2.10) | 1.23 (0.79–1.68) | 0.8870 |
IL 6 (g/L) | BDL (BDL–1.60) | BDL (BDL–0.38) | 0.1240 |
IL 8 (g/L) | 6.04 (2.89–12.61) | 5.41 (3.34–11.19) | 0.9030 |
IL 10 (g/L) | 0.83 (0.74–1.01) | 0.83 (0.74–0.97) | 0.9322 |
IL 12P70 (g/L) | 1.53 (0.95–1.78) | 1.53 (0.95–2.11) | 0.2131 |
TNF Alpha (g/L) | 0.56 (BDL–4.33) | BDL (BDL–5.13) | 0.9761 |
B) Feces | |||
Chromogranin A (nmol/g) | 10.85 (7.69–23.09) | 11.44 (7.37–27.18) | 0.8128 |
Beta Defensin 2 (ng/g) | 24.90 (18.78–35.03) | 26.10 (20.03–46.90) | 0.5256 |
Calprotectin (g/g) | 21.55 (BDL–42.88) | 13.05 (BDL–31.28) | 0.0528 |
Acetate (mol/g) | 24.37 (17.35–34.34) | 23.61 (18.58–35.12) | 0.8651 |
Propionate (mol/g) | 7.55 (4.24–10.98) | 6.84 (4.67–9.07) | 0.6986 |
Butyrate (mol/g) | 6.86 (3.53–10.63) | 6.48 (4.27–10.40) | 0.8882 |
Valerat (mol/g) | 1.09 (0.74–1.76) | 1.24 (0.79–1.70) | 0.6824 |
Caproat (mol/g) | 0.28 (0.05–0.85) | 0.21 (0.04–0.66) | 0.2488 |
None of the differences were statistically significant. BDL = below detection limit